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The student voice of Holy Family University since 1954Vol. 60, Issue 4April 2014

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Meet Liz Moore

Page 4Make A Wish

Fun Run

Page 7Student Showcase: Katelynn Donahue

Page 11A Wrap-up of the Basketball Season

Spring break is a time where students tend to unwind from the daily bustle of classes and relax at their own pace. A traditional way that most stu-dents spend their spring break would be going to exotic places such as Cancun or the Caribbean to “party it up,” but there are a select few who con-sider an alternative spring break. This year Holy Family’s Habitat for Humanity Alternative Spring Break was invited to return back to Spokane, Washington after creating a strong impression in 2010. From the begin-ning, everything had been planned out precisely, but Mother Nature had something else in store. On the eve of February 28, the group received news that the 6am flight to Chicago was cancelled. Winter storm Titan was on its way to the Northeast. The group waited anxiously in Ste-venson Lane throughout the night, ready to leave at a moment’s notice for the first available flight. Though it seemed like it was impossible to leave Philadelphia, the chaperones and group leaders pulled it through. The group left Stevenson with their heads held high took the train to get to Newark Liberty In-ternational Airport. They flew to Houston, spent the night, and the group of thirty was split into four groups for flights to Seattle. The times varied from the morning to the early evening. Finally, all four groups made it to Seattle and spent the night. In the morning, the group had gathered together and loaded up the vans to travel toward Spokane. Because of the snow, the expected four to five hour ride turned into a 10 hour trek. Roads were closed, which forced them to take a road going through

and around a mountain. It took the entire weekend for the group to make it to Spokane. On March 4, they finally arrived at the worksite in Deerpark, Washington. The group wasted no time and immersed themselves in work. They were spread out through the worksite in different houses. Everyone was able to help work in different houses every day. People worked on either insulation, painting, caulking, siding, or

inserting door frames.

Throughout the week, they created bonds with not only each other but all the people they met in Spokane. They had created an “unSpokane love” with those people. The group was also blessed

with the oppor-tunity to witness the 250th house

dedication ceremony to the Siddig-Awasa family who had escaped Sudan to Washington as refuges. Sari Buckley, a freshman majoring in biochem-istry, was a new comer on the trip. She says, “The house dedicating ceremony was very emotional, just being on the work site felt real, but after seeing the family, that’s when it really hit me.” The trip ended on a good note allowing the group to travel safely. There with no hindrance on the way home, but how did this crazy fulfilling trip

leave an impression on this group? Stephanie Dingman, a freshman majoring in nursing, stated, “What impacted me the most during the trip was

the realization that I was making a difference in a person’s life. No matter how small the impact, everything creates a ripple effect. And knowing that person’s life will only get better from there is a rewarding feeling.”

“No matter how small the impact, everything creates

a ripple effect.”

Un-Spokane Love: Alternative Spring Break Trip 2014By Kathleen Salinel

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upThe Alternative Spring Break group took group pictures every day on the worksite to remember each day and the lessons that came along with it.

Interested in Habitat for Humanity Alternative Spring Break Trip? Ask a habitater what it’s all about!

Or watch our video from the 2014 Trip here: HFU ASB 2014 Spokane, WA on YouTube

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Holy Family University is lucky to call itself home to many talented and inspirational teach-ers in every field and department. The staff of the Tri-Lite enjoys sitting down to talk with at least one of these influential teachers each issue to learn more about them and gain some insight into their own personal inspiration. Elizabeth Moore, a professor of English and creative writing, who is also an extremely talented writer and musician, truly does it all. Recently, she has been awarded with the Rome Prize in Literature Fellow-ship by the American Academy of Literature and Letters and will be on a year’s leave beginning September 1st to write abroad in Rome. She is definitely a professor that every student should meet.

Why did you decide you wanted to become a teacher? When did you realize this decision? -Well I sort of came into teach-ing backward which means that I started out studying to be a creative writer, then I started teaching while I was in graduate school and dis-covered that I really loved teaching college students about writing and composition and creative writing. When I graduated from graduate school, I knew that I wanted to ap-ply to keep teaching.

Your teaching philosophy is “I teach that writing—whether it’s creative or rhetorical—is a process, not a product.” can you explain exactly what you mean by that? -So I’ll start by talking about creative writing. I’ve met a lot of stu-dents who are interested in creative writing and maybe do it as a hobby and there’s a tendency for beginning writers and student writers to get really frustrated if what they’re writ-ing doesn’t match up with the vision they have in their heads. It’s the same I think with any art. You’ve probably had the experience in art class when you were a kid setting out to draw something and having this beautiful vision in your head and then what you put down on paper looks nothing like the end result that you had in mind. That happens a lot with creative writing where you’ll have a really beautiful vision of what you want to say or ex-press and then you get started and you think it’s terrible and then you want to stop. I think the difference between a writer and someone who just wants to write is someone who can get past that initial feeling of this is terrible and realize that it takes a lot of work, revising and labor to really ever finish a piece of art that you feel happy with. I always say that when I write cre-atively it’s never enjoyable for me, or it’s maybe 5% enjoyable and the other 95% is just work like anything else. So it’s really a process, you work toward it. And with rhetoric, when I teach my students in English 101 and 102, which is our first year writing sequence, again, a lot of them have skills that they feel self-conscious about or that they feel they have had difficulty with in the past and so they’re very apprehensive about college writing because they know what they need to work on and they think somehow that those are hurdles that they won’t be able to get past, but it’s like anything else. You don’t set out to write a paper and finish it completely and it’s done; instead you write a draft and you write multiple drafts and you work, you acquire skills along the way and the difficulty is an es-sential part of the process. I always tell students to let their brains hurt, because that’s a normal sensation. You need to feel like you can’t do it because your brain just hurts too much. That’s how you know you’re doing it right.

With that said, realizing all of the work that goes in to writing, why do you love it? -I love writing because it’s therapeutic in some way, because it lets me examine the human con-dition in a philosophical and slow way, which we don’t get the opportunity to do on an every-day basis. It allows me to literally disconnect because I don’t look at the internet, I put my phone aside while I’m writing. It’s meditative in a way for me, and every time I write it teaches

me something new about myself as a writer and about the human condition. It’s kind of like exercise, you never really want to do it but when you’re done with it you feel great. That’s kind of how I think of my creative writing.

Did you always want to study and pursue a career in English? -I am very practical and I come from a very practical family so I never really thought of writing as an option for a career. I thought it would be a hobby and then I’d have a different career and continue writing on the side and I am very lucky that I have a career that is so connected to writing and I think not a lot of creative writers have that option so most people that really love creative writing will never get a chance to work within the field. I feel grate-ful and blessed to be working in some capacity within the field. I always knew that I would con-tinue to write for my whole life just because it was something that I always did from the time I learned to write. I kept journals and wrote little poems and there was never a time in my life that I wasn’t writing in some capacity so it never occurred to me that I would stop writing. I just didn’t know that I would have a career that included writing as much as I do.

What are some, if any, bumps in the road that you encountered to get to where you are now, maybe as a new college student? -I loved my undergrad as an English major, and it taught me a great deal about critical thinking and analyzing texts and I’m grateful that I did it now. But again because I’m such a practical person and so is my family I had a crisis of faith about being an English major, and

I was originally a neuroscience and behavior major. When I was a kid my parents pushed me more towards science, and I thought somehow that science was really the thing you should do if you want a job and you should major in something that will immediately lead to a career and something tangible that you can show to employers. I felt like I was impersonating some-body else when I was in my science courses, and I wasn’t doing well in them. Although neurosci-

ence and behavior are incredibly interesting fields that I still love to read about, the problem was that I loved reading about them, but doing the science behind it made me feel very out of my element. At that point, I just realized that I should really follow my gut and I took a leap of faith that every-thing would fall in to place if I did what I was best at and what I was meant to do and it really has. I also would say to students that what you major in as an under-graduate has much less to do than what you are led to believe by people. Internship experience is probably more important than what you choose to major in, along with just excelling in your field. So if you love something that’s not quite as vocational as some majors, do it and then work hard to get related job experience and employers will see you as someone who can think critically and well and has related job ex-perience and that will make you very hirable. Follow your passion.

You have recently won the Rome Prize in Literature Fellowship. Could you explain how you were awarded the fellowship and what the honor is?

-It’s an award that is given an-nually to two writers by the American Academy of Arts and

Letters, and you can’t apply for it. You’re just informed that you’ve been nominated by the nominating committee, which I was informed of in December, and then you have to let them know whether or not you will accept it if you are given it because the Rome Prize is a year living at the American Academy in Rome with all expenses paid, and you get a small stipend too, so obviously they know they can’t just give it to somebody and expect the person can just drop everything and go to Rome, so I spoke with the University, and the University is gener-ously granting me a year’s leave, which is very nice of them and at that point I replied and said yes I will accept it if it’s given to me and then in February I found out that I won, and it’s really exciting. I’ve never lived abroad so that’s always been a goal of mine, to live outside the United States. I’m also really excited just to have the op-portunity to write for a year because I’m work-ing on my third novel and even though I love teaching it’s hard to find time to write when I’m also actively teaching full time.

You are yourself a writer and have even had two books published, along with short stories and essays. Where do you draw your inspira-tion from? -Well all writers of fiction obviously find inspiration from their own lives to a greater or lesser extent. My first book was very biographi-cal, it’s called, “The Words Of Every Song” and it’s fiction. It was set in New York City in the mid-2000s in the world of the music industry of that time and follows a cast of characters who are in bands or music producers they’re A&R men or they work in a guitar store.

Getting to Know Our Professors: Liz Mooreby Christa DiMarcantonio

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article continuedAt the time that I was writing it, I began as an undergraduate and I finished when I was about 22 or 23, but at the time I was in a band, I was playing music very regularly. I was working in a guitar store, and so that was ripped straight from my life, and a lot of the episodes in that book were things I had experienced although they were fictionalized and removed from the truth. With my second novel, it has almost nothing to do with my own experience. It has to do with a 550 lb. recluse and a teenage baseball star and I’ve obviously never been a baseball star or a 550 lb. recluse. Part of it was a loca-tion. I was living in Brooklyn when I started it, and the book is set largely in a brownstone in Brooklyn and my grandparents when I was growing up lived in a brownstone in Brooklyn, so the house that the protagonist lives in is in-spired by the houses that they and some of their friends lived in. I guess the initial seed of it was what would it be like to just live in one of these houses and never leave because they’re really cool old city homes and I loved them when I was a kid, and there are many grains of inspira-tion that made their way in from my own life but nothing as directly as from my first novel.

You are the faculty moderator for Folio, our literary magazine here on campus. For a curi-ous student who might not know much about it, what exactly does Folio do? -Folio is a literary magazine and it’s a long tradition at Holy Family and I think it’s some-thing we’re very proud of. The first issue was published in 1959 and so I think it’s one of the oldest institutions here at Holy Family, and it was run for years by Dr. Lombardi and he really made it what it is today. It comes out annually and we publish poetry, prose and artwork by members of the Holy Family community and also the public at large and its really something I’m proud of at Holy Family it’s a lot of work to put it out and the students do a terrific job and they really do the largest share of it. By the time that Folio night comes around, a celebration and a reading of the issue, we’re all really ex-hausted but really proud to show everybody the work that we’ve done.

Finally, what advice would you give to a Holy Family student interested in writing? -It sounds silly, but my best advice is to write because a lot of students say they want to be a

writer or they feel drawn to it but the actual act of putting your butt in a chair and being in front of the computer and doing it doesn’t happen so much. Writing sounds like a romantic thing and you see it portrayed in the movies as people get-ting these bursts of inspiration and sitting down and writing all night when in reality its work like anything else. You have to really be dedicate to the craft to achieve progress. The very first thing to do is just to write as much as possible, so I have a writing schedule for myself which I try to stick to as much as I can, so I recommend that. Also just like I tell my composition stu-dents to let their brains hurt, as a creative writer you have to do the same thing, so if you’re sit-ting there and nothing is coming, you can’t just leave you have to wait it out because that feeling is your brain working through ideas. You have to just sit and write.

So to meet Liz Moore and the rest of her Folio team if you have not done so already, come out and enjoy Folio night on April 14th in the Low-er Lobby of the Campus Center to enjoy some beautiful writing, artwork, and celebration.

Another Successful Make A Wish Fun Run Holy Family University is widely known for its efforts to give back to the community that surrounds the campus in many ways. Organi-zations such as Habitat for Humanity provide students with opportunities to volunteer and work towards assisting the less fortunate groups in our society. The most recent event that Holy Family students participated in was the 2nd annual 5k “Make a Wish Fun Run” to benefit the Make a Wish Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to granting wishes for children with life-threatening ill-nesses. Their goal is to further “enrich the hu-man experience of illness with hope, strength and joy.” The foundation runs on donations from volunteers, sponsors, medical professionals and the community to make their wish come true and give them the courage to persevere through their medical treatments. On Thursday, April 3rd, more than a hundred students, parents, and even children came to-gether to raise $2,000 for this amazing cause by running, crawling through mud, sliding down

a slip-n-slide, and throwing colored powder at each other all while having fun. The night started out with an amazing display of colored chalk powder being thrown into the

air, covering the runners in their white t-shirts to kick off the beginning of their run. The students raced up Stevenson Lane and around campus, eventually crawling through a pit of

mud, and then sliding down a giant slip-n-slide. Covered in a dazzling array of color, mud, soap and sweat, the runners persevered all for

an amazing cause. Mary Torpey, sophomore and future

Student Government President for the 2014-2015 year explains how rewarding this experience was for her, “I was a little nervous about jumping down the slip n slide, and one of the students nearby told me to be fearless, and I thought of all the kids who face their battles every day and I did it for them.”

The entire event was a display of how much Holy Family students care about those in need, especially the children who fight their illnesses every day. The money raised will go towards helping ease the

struggle these children go through by grant-ing their greatest wish.

The Holy Family students are an amazing force that consistently comes together to ben-efit the community and everyone around us.

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The colored powder flies through the air at the Make a Wish Fun Run

Join us for Folio NightApril 14th

To celebrate the work of Holy Family’s talented writers and artists

6:00 pm in Campus Center Lower Lobby

“In our view, border security is one of the most important, if not the most important item,” said Senator John McCain in a Febru-ary interview. However, what Americans fail to realize is that all immigrants don’t enter the United States through the border. Many immi-grants come to the United States with a visa. Immigrants come to the United States with the determination of finding a job to support their families and with the dream of having a better life. They seek a life of security and economic independence, and a life that doesn’t include living within an impoverished nation. The United States is home to people of all eth-nic backgrounds. We are the country known as the melting pot. Since the 19th century until present day, the United States has experienced major waves of immigration. So, why the hostility and lack of sympathy to-wards immigrants of this time? One argument that has been presented is that immigrants take away the jobs of Americans. According to the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the influ-ence of economic threat is real, but limited. These are jobs that most Americans are not fighting for, for example, housekeeping and dishwashing jobs. These are jobs that are highly

popular within the Latino-immigrant community. Another argument presented is that many immigrants are criminals. Within every nation there are crimi-nals, like in the United States, but that doesn’t mean that they all are. Many immigrants are people who come from third-world countries in Latin America to simply find a job and make a better living. Many immigrants come with a goal, such as to provide their children with the opportunity to go to school. Immigrants are ordinary people who want a chance for a better life. So what is actually driving many Americans’ hearts against amnesty? First, an immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. Illegal immigrants are immigrants who don’t have proper documentation. This means that they entered through the border, or that they entered this country with a visa, which eventually expired. During the 1900s, there was a massive wave of immigra-tion.

Many Italians and Irish immi-grated to the United States and they were illegal immigrants. Numerous individuals come to the United States with the hope that they will obtain legal status

before their visas expires. Unfortunately, that is not the case for all. After their visas expire, many immigrants continue to work diligently in hopes that their employer will provide proper legalization. The truth is, amnesty is long overdue. Many Americans don’t recognize that im-migrants pay taxes, whether illegal or not, and they work low-paying, below-the-minimum wage jobs. Immigrants do contribute to the American society. Now the final question is: What can we do in turn for them?

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The Truth about Immigration: Amnesty is OverdueBy Daniela Chacon

Passports basically mean we are free to travel to another country. However, it’s not as simple to become a resident.

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The United States is home to people of all ethnic backgrounds. We are the

country known as the melting pot.

Lent is a season of soul searching and repen-tance. The 40-day period before Easter is a time to reflect on our sins, our life, and our relation-ship with Jesus. Lent began on Ash Wednesday March 5, and will end Saturday, April 19. Students of Holy Family University celebrate Lent and Easter by continuing traditions within the University’s community and with their families. Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a pe-riod of fasting, repentance, moderation, and spiritual discipline. Ash Wednes-day and every Friday, Catholics are sup-posed to refrain from eating meat. Although not necessary, it is a cus-tom to make a specific Lenten sacrifice, whether with a certain favorite food, hobby, or form of entertainment. For instance, senior student Christo-pher Kovacs, said, “I decided for Lent, I want to eliminate sweets.” In addition, junior Katharine Ahn is also giving up sweets for Lent. “I can’t wait for Easter so I can have chocolate again. I gave up chocolate for Lent. “ Not everyone makes a sacrifice, though. Some people make a special Lenten promise, like volunteering at a homeless shelter every week during Lent, smiling at strangers who catch your eye, going out of your way to do small acts of kindness whenever the oppor-tunity presents itself, or just making sure you

don’t lose your temper as easily. Easter Sunday falls on April 20 this year, which is just a little late compared to the past few years. “Easter is a huge holiday, especially Good Fri-day,” states junior Marius Rafaeli, “We usually make the colored eggs and on Easter Sunday,

we usually say a prayer, before we eat a huge lunch to celebrate the festivities. Lamb and wine are an absolute must.” Marius and his family aren’t the only ones who like coloring eggs on Easter. Decorating Easter eggs is a huge tradition in many families.

Some even take it a step further and hide the eggs for an egg hunt with the children in the family. Senior Brittnee Reed also looks forward to spending time with her family at Easter. “Every Easter we celebrate at my grandmom’s house. She makes a huge dinner, and we set up an Eas-

ter egg hunt for all of the kids. It’s a lot of fun and something that I look forward to each year.”

Another senior, Kevin Branigan looks forward to also spending time with family. “We either have a big family fest of lamb or ham at Easter. My mom makes the best Easter dinner. “

We all have a favorite Easter tradition or certain food that is a staple for the holiday dinner. Sometimes, though, it can dis-tract us from the true meaning of Easter.

It is not just a time to put on your Sunday best, gather with family

and eat that chocolate bunny that you gave up for the past forty days. It is the most important holiday in our Catho-lic faith, because we remember that

Christ died to save us. Easter is a time for new beginnings and to rejoice Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins. With Easter just around the corner, many of our students at Holy Family University look forward to cel-ebrating.

Reflection and Sacrifice During the Season of LentBy Lauren Hutchins

The school chapel, located in the campus center, is always the perfect place for students to go and reflect in prayer with God, especially during this special season of Lent.

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TESTING, TESTING: Holy Family Launches a Fresh,New Website

By Christopher S. Kovacs

Visitors to the Holy Family website will notice the revamped appearance of the homepage and virtually every other facet of the site, from the attractive color schemes to the new tagline, “The Value of Family”. All of these improvements were made as part of the University’s new advertising campaign, which also includes billboards, television ads and even a wrap on one of SEPTA’s Route 84 buses. Holy Family worked closely with the Medford, NJ marketing firm Idea Hut, which has also created ads and campaigns for U.S. Airways, Widener University and Visa Master-Card, to build the “Value of Family” campaign. The website includes an interactive calendar, which has selectable features depending on a student’s majors or interests and interactive links to the various social media sites Holy Family uses. The tabs at the headed of the website have been updated with a streamlined design and have multiple tabs for easy navigation. These include the calendar, school-related sites, and social media links. Bob Macartney, the Manager of Online Com-munications for Holy Family has said that the

process of making the website began in late 2013, and utilizes Joomla as the content man-agement framework for the site. “Joomla allows for easier changes to the

campus site”, he says. However, some believe the site could use some improvements. Senior student Brittany Nugent, who prefers the site to

be more categorized, says, “It’s hard to navigate and the calendar needs some work.” Macartney stated that the reason for some features not working properly is because the

Marketing Team was faced with an aggressive deadline to have the site ready by the time the full campaign was ready to launch.

“We’ve been getting reports of features not working and they will be sorted by level of priority”, says Macartney. “A website is never finished, it’s always changing.”

Many times people tend to call a website flawed because they find it difficult to navigate the new lay-out, as opposed to a site that they are already comfortable with.

Although there are a few rough patches that need smoothing out, Holy Family’s new website gives the school’s online presence a fresh, new image that’s been long overdue.

With the time and care already being given by the Marketing and Communi-cations Departments, the full site will

be functioning perfectly and prospective stu-dents and existing students alike will see “The Value of Family”.

Tri-Lite editor Christa DiMarcantonio navigates the new website excitedly, checking out the new features.

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Have you ever tossed your water bottle into the recycling bin after a fulfilling lunch during common hour and suddenly found yourself pondering about where that water bottle was going to end up? Some large corporations or busi-nesses tend to “recycle” by separating their trash. Many times, the things that are labeled as recyclables get thrown in to the trash mistakenly anyway. This unfortunate reality can only leave one to wonder, “Is this happen-ing where I am?” Here at Holy Family, it most certainly is not. After taking a tour of the Waste Management Facility that Holy Fam-ily uses, I can officially put your mind at ease in regards to these very ques-tions. Every week, the Waste Management Facility sends out their natural gas trucks to scoop up our accumulation of waste and haul it back to the facil-ity for repurposing. When the waste arrives at the facility, it is weighed and then dumped onto a conveyer belt. The conveyer belt takes these items on quite a ride through the 60,000 square foot building. Throughout this bumpy journey, these various items are sepa-rated into individual piles through a complex process with the help of human hands and vari-ous advanced technological methods. They are then packed into cubed bundles and ready to be picked up by third party companies who are going to change the value that these

items currently hold. Plastic bottles that were once filled with refreshing, thirst-quenching water are now melted down and converted into carpet and

clothing fibers. Who would have thought that the very carpet beneath your feet and the cloth-ing on your back were made from pre-consum-er recycled content? Now that you know exactly how useful your old recyclables can be, it’s time to do your part. When you walk past the trashcan, which almost

always sits next to its’ recyclables counterpart, try to toss that bottle just an extra foot into the blue bin. It’s worth it. Want to take it a step further? Try picking up

bottles or cans that you see lying around, like on the tables in the Tiger Café. Think of how much good recycling can do.

When we reuse these materials, such as paper, plastic or aluminum, we are cut-ting down waste. For every piece of pa-per you recycle, your efforts go towards the benefits of this earth. Just imagine a world without trees!

If you are interested and passionate in recycling and preserving our Earth’s natural resources and materials, then join the Green Team. Don’t know what the Green Team is?

This is a group on campus dedicated to making the Holy Family community more eco-friendly. They accomplish this goal by completing environmentally fo-cused service projects and educating the student body on facts about our environ-ment and society’s key role in it, which

you can find in your daily emails. Keep an eye out for their next email with an interesting fact or an update on the inter-esting ways they educated themselves on the

topic. Don’t forget, recycling is one simple step to cleaning up our world and making simple nec-essary materials practical and more affordable. One man’s trash now literally has the poten-tial to be another man’s treasure, as long as we continue to have a heart and do our part.

The Rewards of RecyclingBy Danielle Ketterer

These bottles and cans are just a few examples of everyday items that can be easily recycled, simply by being tossed in to the proper bin.

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Although Holy Family is a small campus, it has a fairly high percentage of minorities and ethnic groups compared to bigger schools. It is not hard to find a few students from other countries in each class. Students and faculty are very welcoming when it comes to accepting students from other na-tions and cultures and it is very hard to find someone who will give anyone a hard time in the school. Some people would say that it is not very hard for freshmen to make new friends. According to statis-tics from the school, African Americans make up seven per-cent of the student body, while four per-cent are Asians and six percent are His-panic. The majority of Caucasians make up for 63 percent of the student popula-tion at Holy Family. There is an un-known 19 percent, which could include the international students who come from other countries to at-tend Holy Family. The reality is that whites are still the dominant group in most colleges and universities, but that is slowly changing. The percentage of minorities increases nation-ally each year. In addition, Arizona and Con-necticut are among common states where the

students come from. Students at Holy Family would think that most of the students would be from areas close to northeast Philadelphia because of the school being in a suburban area. Holy Family sponsors events to promote diversity among its students. The school par-ticipates in SEPCHE Diversity conference each

year where faculty and students from various colleges and universities make presentations to embrace diversity. The school also has an annual International Day event sponsored by the diversity team and FUSION (students’ multicultural club). The event took place on April 2. Students and

faculty were encouraged to bring a poster with their country’s flag and national costume. They were also encouraged to bring a national dish to represent their country. Everyone who attended the event was able to try a sample of each food and vote for the one they liked the most. A presentation also took

place during the event.

The film “Girls Rising” was pre-sented by Kathy Ruppel, director of the Learn-ing Resource Center located at the Newtown campus. The film showed the lives of a girl from Nepal who was raised as a slave until she became free and started giving a voice to other girls who were also slaves.

The last part of the event

consisted in a brief speech given by the representatives of

the Girls Scouts of the USA. They provided in-formation to students and encouraged students to join. They promote diversity as well as teaching students about other cultures. Some students are not aware of the difficulties faced by people in other nations.

Diversity on Campus and International DayBy Justin German

International Day was full of brightly colored flags, signs and food, which represent the diversity and unique flare of the idfferent people of our world, and how beautiful every culture truly is.

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The Tri-Lite Careers CornerSERVICES OFFERED FROM THE CAREERS CENTER

The Careers Centers goal is to help all students develop a successful vocational plan. The Careers Center is the only department on campus that

is available to you for FREE after graduation. Our services include the following:

•One-on-one confidential Career Counseling.

•Learn Behavioral Interviewing – Schedule a mock interview.

•Learn how to write an effective cover letter/resume.

•Learn how to network yourself successfully to employers.

•Vocational Assessment – Take the Myers-Briggs, a 15-20 assessment. Determining what your personality type is a step in the right direction.

•Credential File – A file that contains your original letters of recommendation from a faculty member within your major.

•Job Fairs – Fall and Spring covering all majors.

•Job Bank – sign-up to receive the job bank every 1st & 15th of each month to your personal email address from companies wanting to hire

graduates.

•Log onto www.collegecentral.com/SEPCHE - A job bank consisting of jobs from 6 other SEPCHE schools. This website allows you to cut/paste

your resume and review jobs from other schools within your major. It also has information on resume, interviewing skills, e-portfolios, etc.

It is never too early to start thinking about your career, set up an appointment today!

The Careers Center hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm, M-F. The contact person is Don Brom, M.S., Careers Center Director, 267-341-3224 or via email: dbrom@holyfamily.edu.

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Technology and organic art came to-gether in a fusion of style in the base-ment gallery of the Education and Technol-ogy Center for a limited engage-ment. Senior Graph-ic Design major Katelynn Dona-hue’s intriguing works were on display for one week only as part of the Art Department’s “Senior Showcase”. Visitors saw thoughtful words placed in front of foreboding cloud images and several maga-zine cover concepts, along with Donahue’s research paper on imagery and digital technol-ogy. Donahue succeeded in capturing each emo-tion, no matter how intense, with one single image of the sky. Her work of magazine cover concepts seem to pop out of their frames at a passerby, both striking and subtle. All art is unique, and every artist has his or her own particular style. Even the same general style of art varies vastly from artist to artist. For Katelynn, that style is a design that relies on digital imagery, only properly executed with the right artistic flare. “Technology and art should mix”, says Do-nahue in her artist statement. “My work in

graphic design illustrates that through proper knowledge of art, the ability to use different me-diums and a regard for art history, it should most definitely be regarded as an art form.”

Technology and art seam to blend

seamlessly in Donahue’s case. It would be very difficult for anyone to criticize that her work is not art, and impressive art at that. When asked about the show-case, Pamela Flynn, Profes-sor of Art, said, “Kateylnn Dona-hue’s exhibit is a reflection of her studies, which center around digital imagery. She hopes to have a career in

graphic design and her wish is to be involved in magazine cover design.” If you’re racking your brain, trying to think of what exactly graphic design is or what a graphic designer’s job is, know that you are surrounded every day by forms of graphic design. A book cover, magazine, restaurant menu, store sign, or company logo are all forms of graphic design. If it catches your eye, it is do-ing its’ job. Those pieces are not just thrown together – companies hire skilled designers to create a clever and unique design. Donahue will not be the only student to have her work exhibited in the ETC this month. Studio Art major, Janet Mackiewicz, is due to have her exhibit put on display after Katelynn’s show is finished. Keep in mind that studio art and graphic design are two largely different majors, and expect to see very different work from Janet’s

showcase. “The (ETC) art gallery exhibits profession-al artists every month and at the end of each semester, the graduating art majors have their senior exhibitions in the gallery”, said Flynn. “Students can find out about exhibits by watching for e-mail announcements sent to the HFU community every month.” If you missed the chance to see Donahue’s work, save the date for the opening of Janet Mackiewicz’s showcase on April 22nd. The art department is always providing the Holy Family community with new, bold and beautiful creations. All students should take a walk down to the basement level of the ETC to admire their work throughout the year. Technology has improved countless aspects of life and advanced almost every industry. Now that technology is becoming heavily blended in to the art world, artists are pioneering new territory of mixed media and graphic design, with nearly endless ways of creating new styles and ideas. Holy Family University is lucky to pro-duce a student such as Katelynn Donahue into the graphic design industry, someone who will surely leave her artistic mark on every project she takes on.

Senior Showcase: The Work of Katelynn DonahueBy Christopher S. Kovacs

The Next Senior Showcase:Janet Mackiewicz

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Movie Reviews Not sure if you’d like to see the latest movies currently in theatres? We’re here to help.

Captain America: Winter Soldier Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the darkest movie yet from the Marvel franchise, with worldwide political conspiracy taking things to a grim and murky place. With S.H.I.E.L.D. suffering from internal cor-ruption, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America (Chris Evans), stands alone in the middle of anarchy, with no one to trust. With S.H.I.E.L.D. seem-ingly run by men with too much power and not enough integrity, the Cap-tain is told at one point that “Trust is a matter of cir-cumstance.” Joining him in his quest for truth and redemption is Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Steve Wil-son, aka Falcon (Anthony Mackie). That Captain has always been considered a straight-forward soldier who has been wired to base his life on patriotism. He is forced

to take on a more take charge and strategically sound plan to take down the people who are after him, most specifically The Winter Soldier,

a super soldier with a bionic arm, with the strength and speed to match Cap’s every move. All in all, this is a very well done action/

espionage film that creates more ques-tions than it answers in the realm of The

Avengers, which just so happens to be the next time you can see Captain America in Avenger: Age of Ultron hitting theaters during the summer of 2015.

If you are a fan of Mar-vel films, or superhero and action films in general, this is a qual-ity movie to see. If you are not normally a fan of this genre, there still may be something for you in this film as well.

As in all Marvel mov-ies, make sure you stay for the credits, and you’ll be rewarded with exciting informa-

tion for the next Avengers movie.

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Are you a Marvel fan? Then head to a nearby movie theater, AMC Neshamniy 24 and have your picture taken in this standee. Captain America’s shield is attached to this backdrop from the film, designed to make you look like Captain America.

Restaurant ReviewsLooking for a new place to eat? Look no further.

The Cambridge restaurant at 15th and South in downtown Philadelphia mixes a classic British Pub with the cozy feel of your neighborhood bar, with enough culinary and libation (for those 21+) options to satisfy every-one, whether you’re out on a casual date or out with a group of friends. The Cambridge isn’t so loud that you can’t carry a conversation, with background music ranging from Green Day to Bob Marley, Span-ish Jazz to The Clash. Two 27-inch TV’s bookend the bar, making The Cambridge a less than ideal spot if you’re looking to catch the “big game.” The tables were nicely stationed, never making you feel like you were crammed into your spot, and the tempera-ture was very comfortable. A great craft beer and wine selection high-lights the libations menu, with highly skilled men and women behind the bar using top shelf stuff to make impressive cock-tails and mixed drinks.

The culinary menu was limited, but I’ve always believed that the less items on a menu, the more likely the chef will be outstanding at making it, and that was exactly the case with The Cambridge. My fiancée ordered the Chicken Sandwich, which was a grilled breast with a lemon-dill aioli spread with cheddar, red wine soaked pears, arugula and bacon on top of a finely toasted brioche bun with a side of greens. The greens were lightly drizzled with a lemon vinai-grette and was perfectly done; the sandwich was perfectly proportioned and the different flavors all meshed very well. As for me, I ordered the Cambridge Hall

Burger, with Brie cheese, red wine soaked pears and a lemon horseradish aioli, ordered medium and perfectly cooked. The wine-soaked pears offered a refreshing

contrast to the bite of the horseradish, with the flavors perfectly complementing each other. Dark russet French fries were served on the side, with a chipotle aioli for dipping. The chipotle aioli was spicy, but nice as a dipping sauce for the fries, which were crispy and salted nicely. We did wait 25 minutes for our sandwiches to come out, which was a bit longer than a chicken sandwich and burger should take when the restaurant isn’t all that busy, but the waitress did apologize for the wait, and she was very courte-ous during our time there. All in all, I would recommend The Cambridge

to anyone who is looking for a nice, relaxed dinner with friends. The food is good, the staff is hospitable and the atmosphere is very casual.

The food is good, the staff is hospitable and the atmosphere is very casual.

Overall: 3.5 forks out of 4

The CambridgeBy James Crean

Overall: 3.5 popcorns out of 4

Check back next issue for more reviews on the area’s best restaurants and the hottest movies hitting theatres

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“Can we go back, this is the moment, tonight is the night, we’ll fight ‘til it’s over, so we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us.” As Jon Salamak, Holy Family’s SGA President sang these lyrics while he sat perched on a stool in front of a small but responsive crowd in the Campus Center cafeteria, the mood that hung in the air was bit-tersweet; everyone was fully aware that the seniors, who were respon-sible for organizing the event, are not far from their graduation. The evening, dubbed the third annual Rock The Legacy night, served as a refreshing escape from the seniors’ end-of-semester stresses. For the past three years, the Rock the Legacy night has given students a chance to rec-ognize musical talent on campus that often goes unrecognized. The evening kicked off shortly after 6pm, as music lov-ers shuffled to find a place toward the stage area. Tom Farnham, confidently representing his band, Rushmore, opened up the show with nothing but his acoustic guitar due to his full band’s ‘lineup issues.’ He played some of his original music, and through in a few cov-ers, most notably paying hom-age to Dashboard Confessional, which went over very well with the crowd. David Young, known by his project name of Honest Trophy was the perfect choice to follow Farnham, showcasing his talent of songwriting with a modest and entertaining performance.

After Young finished his set, Salamak took the stage, warmed up on his guitar and invited the scattered audience to come join him

at the front. The eager crowd came to surround Salamak, who requested that they take a seat Indian-style in front of him. His set consisted only of covers, ranging from

John Legend to Macklemore. Jon’s calm and col-lected demeanor made the audience more than happy to sing along and participate in his set.

After a few denied ‘Free Bird’ requests, he packed up his guitar and said goodnight, joining the crowd who anxiously awaited the night’s first full band.

Kick Back Tomorrow, the female-fronted five-piece switched gears for the eve-ning, pulling the trigger on the show’s theme for pop-punk and alternative rock.

Each of the other bands, We Could’ve Been Kings, The Engine Atlantic, and Nobody Yet brought their own unique flavor to a very specific style of music, which attracted the growing audi-ence more and more as the night progressed.

While Rock the Legacy proved to be a fantastic op-portunity for students to get out for the night and listen to good music, many people don’t realize how beneficial the event really is.

All of the proceeds go toward the Senior Legacy

Fund, which will focus on this year’s gift of renovating the university chapel. As this year’s Rock the Legacy came to an

end, it was evident that every single performer was grateful for the opportunity for exposure, and for the students to discover the true talent hidden within our local music scene.

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(Left to right) Jarrett Tolby, Bob Reed, Mary Torpey, Ryan Keller, Emma DiMarcantonio, and Alex Nester take time out of their wonderful night at Rock the Legacy to pose for a group shot.

Don’t Sleep Through Finals Week! Stay Up All Night at the Library Instead!

Finals Week All Nighter6 AM April 28th - midnight, April 29th

Nearly Two Full Days of Studying, Activities, Studying, Diversions, Studying, and Studying!

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HFU Blue Crew Bleeds BlueBy Jazmine Babuch

In the midst of an important game, Holy Family students stand a sea of proud and spirited fans with blue shirts, creatively de-signed posters, and faces painted, shouting, “Let’s go Tigers, let’s go!” at the top of their lungs, giving it all they got. With all of the thrill going on, you can’t help but join in the fun yourself. This is the outstanding result of Holy Family Univer-sity’s one and only fan-based group, Blue Crew. Its roots are originally planted back in 2009. “The original idea came from Alum-na Lilian Kaminski. It was then passed on to Melissa Greco and Timothy O’Driscoll. They ran the group for roughly a year before it began dissolving. Tim [Hamill] and I then were able to resurrect the group this year,” explains Mike Ulrich, Assistant Director of Student Activities. During 2009, the idea of Blue Crew was accepted before it started to phase out and disappear, but after the involvement of Mike and Tim, Blue Crew is now making its way back to becoming the official fan support group for all of Holy Fam-ily Univer-sity’s athletic teams.

What hopes and aspirations are ex-pected for the bright future of Blue Crew? Mike stated, “I hope that it grows exponentially.” He hopes to see a more expanded membership with the return of alumni to take part in the organiza-tion’s tailgates and giveaways.

Mike also aspires to set up enough revenue to establish a scholarship and recognize a senior MVP during the se-nior games. He sees a limitless potential to amplify Blue Crew and make it the best that it can possibly be.

Blue Crew is very involved with athlet-ics. They showed up to Pack the House night, hosted giveaways during half time, and took part in “Silent Night,” where you can’t make any noise until the team reaches a certain amount of points.

Not a member yet? Head on over to Campus Center 206 and for $5, you will receive a membership card that grants

you awesome discounts to local businesses, such as Toppers, Nifty Fifty’s, and China

Gate. You also re-ceive a t-shirt, and a drawstring bag. So what are you waiting for? Join today and show your Holy Family tigers how much you really care!

“Blue Crew is a chance to get involved in something bigger than yourself. It is a chance to join a family that cheers

together, smiles together, loses together, and wins together. It is a special group that everyone should want to

be a part of.”- Mike Ulrich

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JOIN THE CREW

Blue Crew is a premier fan organization created to support Holy Family Univer-

sity Athletics!

Membership fee is $5 and you will enjoy members-only benefits at local busi-

nesses that support Blue Crew and Holy Family University. You will receive an official Blue Crew t-shirt to be worn at athletics events! JOIN TODAY in CC

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Interested in making a difference, right here in Philadelphia?

Join Holy Family’s Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter

Contact Club PresidentFrancis Bitting

fbitting@holyfamily.edu

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Passionate about Journalism?

Interested in writing or being a photographer for the Tri-Lite?

Contact Bill Leifholtz at wleifholtz@holyfamily.edu

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A Recap of the Men’s Basketball SeasonBy Mark Michaluk

In their 2012-2013 season, Holy Family’s men’s basketball team went 18-10 overall with a .643 winning percentage. The Tigers finished with an in-conference record of 13-4, going 10-3 at home. Though they had a decent season, they went on to lose in the CACC semifinals to second-ranked Bloomfield College. This year, Holy Family hoped to change history for the better and hang a banner up high in the Campus Center gym. They improved to a 21-10 record, to go with a .667 winning percentage. The Tigers finished with an in-conference record of 13-6. They decided to change history this year by beating Bloomfield Col-lege, 62-51, as they lost the year before. Ervin Ezell had this to say after the win, “This is what we set out to do all year. Everyone said we couldn’t get to the cham-pionship game and it feels good to prove those naysayers wrong. It’s my senior year and along with Kyrie, Ben, and Berto, this is what we aimed to do, to get to ‘the show’.” Unfortunately, Holy Family lost the championship game to Phila-delphia University, 42-41, after a buzzer-beating, full-court three swished the net by Ezell. Coach Kehoe had this to say after the game, “Envisioning is the tool that paints the picture. I believe we have the talent to come back next year even stron-ger and win it all. I want to thank all of the seniors for all they have done for the program and our school. They will always be part of our team and our continued success. They will always be Tigers!” Win or lose, Holy Family still had a remark-able season. Senior guards Alberto Munoz and Ezell were named to the CACC second team as voted by the conference’s 14 head coaches. The duo has helped lead Holy Family to a 20-10 regular season; the team’s first 20-win cam-paign since the 2007-08 season. Ezell is earning

all-CACC honors for the second straight season after being named to the first team in his fresh-man season with Holy Family. Ezell averaged 13.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game this season. He led the con-ference in total steals with 75 and ranked fifth among the Division II leaders.

Ezell has been a huge factor in the Tigers’ top-ranked defense this season. Holy Family was second in the nation in field-goal percentage defense (.378) and sixth in scoring defense (63.0 ppg). In addition, the Tigers were third in blocks per game (5.9) and seventh in steals (9.7). In his two seasons with Holy Family, Ezell has totaled 857 points (15.0 ppg), 209 rebounds (3.7 rpg), 287 assists and 158 steals.

Munoz earned all-CACC honors for the third time in his career. The three-time all-CACC se-lection earned Honorable Mention honors as a sophomore and received second team accolades last season as a junior. Munoz averaged a team-best 14.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game this season. He has

totaled 74 three-pointers; second most in the CACC behind teammate senior Khiry Hankins (78). Mu-noz shot 35.9 percent from beyond the arc this season and .404-percent from the field. In his four-year career Munoz has totaled 1,559 points, which ranks seventh all-time.

He also ranks third all-time with 281 made three-pointers establish-ing himself as one of the program’s top three-point shooters.

It is no secret that the team greatly improved last sea-son. The team really came into its’ own this year, tallying up more wins and advancing further into the CACC playoffs.

The younger players began to show maturity and lead-ership on the court. There is no doubt in any student, alumni, coach or faculty member’s mind that the Tigers can’t cut the net and bring home the banner next season.

At Holy Family, we strive for excellence and pursue success and persevere over adversity. We hope to show the CACC and Philly U., that we are a team to watch out for next season. We are on the hunt for the 2014-2015 Cham-pionship and we won’t stop until we take what is ours! The Holy Family community wishes for the continued success of Ervin Ezell, Alberto Munoz, and Khiry Hankins and the best of luck in their future endeavors.

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A Recap of the Women’s Basketball Season

In the 2012-2013 season, Holy Family’s women’s basketball team went 28-3 overall with a .903 winning percentage. The Tigers finished with an in-conference record of 18-1, going undefeated at home 14-0. Though they had a great season, they went on to lose in the CACC semifinals to No. 1 Bentley University, 56-85. This year, Holy Family hoped to continue their success. The Tigers hoped to have more of the same success and make it to the CACC Champion-ship game. The Tigers posted an 18-10 record with a 15-4 in-conference record, going 9-4 at home. The Tigers beat Felician College in the CACC quarterfinals, 71-50. Senior Mary McCollum said after the win, “Some people want it to hap-pen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. Today we made it happen!” As the game began, head coach Mark Miller said in the team’s huddle, “It’s game day! Rise to the occasion! We control our own destiny! Let’s grab this win!” They went on to advance to the CACC semifinals but fell short to Bloomfield College, 62-47. After the loss, Carolyne Heston stated, “Not just as a senior, but as a player, this is one of the world’s worst feelings. I’m sure of it.” The team was crushed. Senior Maggie Ser-ratelli, optimistically said, “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

The Tigers have many young players and are rebuilding to be on top next year. With all of the young talent they have, success will not be out of reach. Holy Family University had five student-ath-letes named to the 2013-14 CACC Winter All-Academic team. A total of 37 student-athletes from the 14-member institution earned a place on this year’s team, which is the largest number of winter sport student-athlete selection named to the conference’s all-academic teams since the honor was established in 2004-2005. Six student-athletes were named to the All-Academic team for the third time in their respective careers, including two Holy Family seniors, Mary Ellen McCollum and Heston. In addition, 11 other student-athletes were repeat selections, including juniors Reagan Jew-ell and Sarah Pawlak. Sophomore Kim Legen joined the list of 20 student-athletes receiving All-Academic accolades for the first time. In order to be named to the CACC All-Aca-demic team, recipients must have participated in a CACC Championship sport in the winter season. They had to be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, have been a stu-

dent-athlete at their current school for at least two semesters, and have achieved a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.50 or higher through the fall semester. Sophomore Erin Fenningham was named to

the All- CACC third team, while McCollum was named Honorable Mention as voted by the conference’s 14 head coaches. Fenningham is earning All-CACC honors for the first time in her career as she compiled a career season, setting new marks in a number of categories. In 27 games, including 21 starts she averaged a career-high 11.3 points per game, which led the team. On February 22, Fenning-ham scored a career-high 21 points at Nyack College and scored in double-figures in seven of her last eight games. McCollum is also earning All-CACC honors for the first time in her career. This season, Mc-Collum averaged a career-high 9.0 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. She also totaled 243 points, 167 rebounds, 68 assists and 20 steals. She set a new career mark with 55 made free throws (55-69). This season, McCollum recorded the first two double-doubles of her career, highlighted with a 28-point/12-rebound performance against cross-town rival Philadelphia University. In her four-year career, McCollum has totaled 721 points, 426 rebounds, 250 assists and 105 steals in 121 career games. As of next season, we hope to show the CACC that we are a team to watch out for next season. The Holy Family community wishes for the continued success of Mary McCollum, Maggie Sterrelli, and Carolyne Heston the best of luck in their future endeavors.

By Mark Michaluk

Faculty AdvisorDr. Amanda McClain

ContributorDon Brom

The Tri-LiTeEditor-in-ChiefWilliam Leifholtz ‘14

Assistant EditorsKevin Branigan ‘15Richard Haldis ‘16

Gabrielle Fabioneri ‘15

Layout EditorChrista DiMarcantonio ‘17

Staff WritersMark Michaluk

Christopher KovacsJazmine Babuch James Crean

Danielle KettererJonathan Edmonds Lauren HutchinsKathleen Salinel

PhotographerSari Buckley